The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-07-29

ers in little vase in front of mirror
over the table between the windows.
and whenever ! raised my eyes they
fell upon Il most ornate Loufe, that
fairly shone with silver, glass, and pol
ished brass. This dining car was fit
ted up in old oak, with blue green vel
ours hangings and upholstery general
". The dinner cost me Il dollar. and
was better than the best dollar-and-a-
half dinner | ever ate in Il hotel. |
had Il pint of Pommery too, for which
| paid the usual two dollars. | smok-
ed cigar after dinner in the smoking
car. which. with its stained oak book
cases and brackets. its bric-a-brac ON
the shelves. and It's softly cushioned
wicker chairs. was more like Il COM
Portable library i'll some city house,
than the interior Of Il car running
across the country at Il speed that Il
few Years ago no railroad dared even to
attempt. | had some letters to answer,
and so | sat down there at desk and
answered them. If | was at loss for
the spelling Of IL word, dictionary
was at hand. and if | wanted an ad-
dress, all | had to do was ask the por-
ter for directory Of the city in which
the lost party resided. Before | had
finished writing, it was after nine
o'clock, and we had passed Fort Wayne,
and were laundering on towards Crest
line, our next stopping place.
':As | was tired | turned i'll early,
and | slept as soundly as though l
were in my own home. | slept far in
to the morning, and when | awoke and
went into breakfast, we were some
where between Pittsburg and Altoona.
After break kfast ! went into the barber
shop and
s'The barber shop" interrupted his
companion. "Where did vou find Il
barber shop:
s'On the train of course Q, | didn't
speak of it before, did :: Well, that S
another feature exclusively the proper
tv of the Pennsylvania New York and
Chicago Limited. Yes. sir. There is
a barber shop there, and 4 good barber,
too. was shaved without Il scratch,
had my hair trimmed, and felt as fresh
as Il field daisy in June. | found Il
book in the library that interested me
until lunch time, and Just as | got
through luncheon, We arrived at Har-
risburg. promptly on schedule time-1.
80. There | GOT the New York papers,
looked over the grain markets, wired
an order to ms partner to buy 5000
bushels of July wheat for my account,
and settled down with a cigar between
my teeth for IN hour or two with the
news of the dav. About four O'Clock
took my satchel, made my way to the
bath room-O. yes; there's bath
room, too-had adelightfully refresh
ING bath, put on clean clothes, and
donned this black and white attire
which YOU now see. Before | had fin
ished, we had stopped at Broad Street
Station, in Philadelphia, for five min
utes. and were shooting out over the
Schuylkill on the last stage of the jour
ney. Another delicious dinner occupi-
ed another hour and more. When |
went into the smoking car, we were
somewhere between Trenton and New
Brunswick, and though there was no
perceptible swaying of the train or JOLT
inc either. was told shortly afterwards
that we had made the run OF twenty
five miles between those two points i'll
exactly twenty.seyen minutes. Pretty
fast going that, Ell: Before l had
finished my secoud cigar we were III
Jersey City. l took the upper ferry,
arrived on the New York side at sharp
seven o'clock, jumped into Il cab and
walked into the church tonight in
time to get good seat forward, from
which l witnessed my friends marri-
age from start to finish.
My verdict consequently is, that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Companys new
Nestsbuled Train beats the world
There's not another road on the face of
this globe that could have afforded
such service lis that, and | am willing
to make any bet on it that You choose
topropose.
Then the Hon. Wolf Rahill made
the announcement that he intended to
take the Limited back to Chicago at
nine o'clock this morning, and bade
his friend good night.-New York
Times